Grey's Anatomy star Kim Raver talks about film role based on Victoria mom

from the article by Michael D. Reid in Times Colonist:....Raver plays a crusading widow based on Katy Hutchison, the Victoria mother of two who became an advocate for restorative justice after her then-husband Bob McIntosh was killed while checking on a teenage house party in Squamish.Hutchison made headlines when she forgave remorseful killer Ryan Aldridge who, after completing his sentence for manslaughter, toured with her as part of a presentation about the consequences of teen violence.

....What makes this film unique, she says, is getting to meet the person she's playing.

"It's always great being able to do research, and Katy wrote this amazing book [Walking After Midnight: One Woman's Journey Through Murder] I read," Raver, 41, says. "I've asked her so many questions. She's unique, a special woman."

Hutchison was relieved that Raver, with whom she immediately hit it off, "understands it's a tall order" and takes the story seriously.

"I felt like I was walking through the room with an old girlfriend," Hutchison says. "I wanted to pour a cup of tea and talk about us both being moms and 40-ish. She's fun and has an enormous amount of humility."